The topology of 4-manifolds

DOI10.1007/BFB0089031zbMATH Open0668.57001OpenAlexW4210496362WikidataQ29396991 ScholiaQ29396991MaRDI QIDQ1187641FDOQ1187641

Authors: Robion C. Kirby 

Publication date: 17 September 1992

Published in: Lecture Notes in Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bfb0089031

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zbMATH Keywords

4-manifoldshandlebody theoryh-cobordismCasson handles4-dimensional oriented bordism4-dimensional spin bordismexotic \(R^ 4\)Hirzebruch index theoremRohlin's theorem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to manifolds and cell complexes (57-02)

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